[hedgetrimmer]

when the government tries to kill off a trade that is valuable to both parties, unsavory characters invariably create a black market

So all trade is good, when two parties find it valuable? I guess that's why slave labor is making a comeback.

[Arguendo]

So all trade is good, when two parties find it valuable? I guess that's why slave labor is making a comeback.

WTF does that even mean? The very definition of slave labor is labor where the party doing the work did not consent (and presumably does not find the "trade" valuable to him).

I'm not sure where this is making a comeback, BTW, but I doubt it's in a country that really values individual rights and the free market.